It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

After sorting out the causes and consequences, Xu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, seeming to be thoughtful.

"No wonder."

Through the process of inferring conclusions, many things can be explained.

The soft attitude of "heavenly justice" is one aspect, but Xu Shi was actually also curious about Luo Yu.

After all, compared with little darling Shen He, this guy is really a bit too shabby. No matter how bad Shen He is, he has at least tried to fight to the death with him. Even when he has the upper hand, he still retains a certain chance of winning in Xia Ke'an's future calculations.

In comparison, little Luo Yu was ridiculously bad. Not only was he crushed by himself the entire time, but he also only played a supporting role in the final battle. The real protagonist was Xu Ying, the "Supervisor".

To put it bluntly, he is no different from cannon fodder. He can die at any time, and his main focus is on being quick and decisive.

Not to mention that this is because Boss Xu has the dual advantages of experience and technology, Luo Yu himself is also completely unable to demonstrate the resilience and ability that a "protagonist" should have.

But if the protagonist halo given to him by "heaven's will" was originally weak, it seems to make sense.

Judging from the time, the plot of Hualan Empire must have started later than that of Night Sin City. When Shen He's family was destroyed, Luo Yu was still wearing open-crotch pants.

It was obvious that the last experiment failed, so a new round of restart was carried out.

This also resulted in Luo Yu's protagonist halo being weaker than Shen He's. Xu Shi guessed that even if he didn't come, his future path might not be as smooth as he imagined. He might even have to change from a happy novel route to a sad novel route.

But this is not the most important thing.

The most important piece of information is this: the strength of "Tianli" is not as strong as before!

After they realized what was happening, the others also showed great joy, especially Jiang Chengcheng, whose expression of joy almost overflowed.

Her personality is different from others, and she is not that resistant to "natural law", or rather, she doesn't care.

The only person she cared about was Xu Shi. She listened to him and was willing to work hard for his goals.

Now that she heard the good news about Xu Shi, she was of course happier than anyone else.

"Should we speed up?"

While feeling happy, Jiang Chengcheng also reminded them, "We should take advantage of the weak Heavenly Law to improve ourselves faster, and we can further increase our advantage."

"of course."

Xu Shi looked at her and smiled, thinking to himself, "Second Madam, you are so good at talking."

In a sense, what they are doing is still at the stage of "narrowing the gap with 'natural law'", and "increasing the advantage" is obviously a more boastful rhetoric.

But the same thing expressed in a different way can boost everyone's morale and make him feel more comfortable listening to it.

On the one hand, narrowing the gap is also because he actually understands that "Tianli" may not have been hit by the raging "Rust Mist" to the point of collapse. On the contrary, it is more likely that their development speed cannot catch up with the expansion of "Rust Mist" for the time being. Just speed.

Once they are able to respond, I'm afraid that what Xu Shi has to face will become even more difficult - if the bottom line of "heavenly justice" returns to normal, I'm afraid that he, as a rebel, will inevitably be liquidated, and it will be difficult for him to guarantee that he can withstand the opponent's mechanical killer move.

"It looks like we have to go back early. Some deployments must be carried out before we can go back."

He stopped smiling and said seriously, "This is also true for existing research."

"OK."

Everyone is well aware of this, and it is safer to carry out strategic deployment in the base camp. Even though the Hualan Empire is gradually taking shape in the present time, it will still take some time.

In comparison, this place may be more like a backup base, or a backup plan for security - as long as "heavenly justice" does not change the decision to abandon this place, this place will be a paradise where no one is allowed to live.

After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed to rest - this experiment did not last long, but the gains it brought required everyone to digest carefully.

Xie Qingyan and Jiang Chengcheng no longer had any desire to stay with Xu Shi; they both just wanted to have a good sleep.

It’s not that good. For this experiment, the two girls were busy running around and couldn’t close their eyes. Even if they really wanted to do it, I’m afraid they don’t have the energy to do it.

How can we have the energy to do extra physical work? We are not workaholics.

Even if it is true, isn't there an old saying that there is no land that can be plowed to death, only oxen that can be worked to death?

snort!

Thinking of this, Xie Xiaogou, who was used to having a bad temper, couldn't help but pinch Xu Shi and glared at him.

Faced with her aggrieved look, Boss Xu just raised his hands in surrender and let her vent her anger.

The final result was that he became a lonely man for a short time - even his little apprentice Pan Ling slipped away first, and she was very sensible to take care of other trivial matters for her master.

They are busy too, aren't they?

Faced with such an outcome, Xu Shi could only sigh that his disciple had grown up and could not be kept here any longer, while walking happily towards the door.

then.

He saw Qin Yiyan guarding here.

The silly red-haired girl has actually been here all the time - Xu Shi said that she could come anytime if she wanted to sit in on the class, and she didn't refuse.

However, she still had some dignity left and could not stay in the same room with other people and "scrutinize" Xu Shi openly, so she had to resort to stealing his presence as usual.

The others had greeted him some time ago, so he wasn't surprised, but he didn't really care.

Xu Shi looked her up and down, wondering whether he should let her play the role of a maid and carry him to the bedroom.

Qin Yiyan ignored his gaze and looked back at him.

Perhaps it was because the look was too passionate, Boss Xu frowned as they looked at each other.

"What are you doing?"

"…I heard your conversation just now."

Qin's answer was irrelevant to the question.

"so?"

Xu Shi raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the consequence of my allowing you to eavesdrop. Do you still want to ask for credit and reward? There will be no salary increase."

"So I'm curious."

The silly red-haired girl frowned, "Why... do you have to choose the path of clearing the "divine breath"? "

There is nothing wrong with dealing with "natural law", let alone Xu Shi. Now she herself has such thoughts. As I said, no one is willing to accept a life being controlled.

but.

Clearing the "rust fog" and fighting against "natural law" are not causal relationships. These are two independent things. It's just that Xu Shi always puts them together, which makes everyone ignore this.

Qin Yiyan, a bystander, was unusually sober.

After all, in her eyes, Xu Shi was very purposeful and ambitious.

For such a person, clearing away the "rust fog" is a thankless task - not only does it require an astronomical amount of resources and energy, but doing so also means that he is willing to give up some of his own advantages.

Instead of eliminating the "rust fog", wouldn't it be better to monopolize the technology in this area?

She tried to think about the problem in Xu Shi's way.

"You...really willing to do that?"

It’s ok, my family, but my strained shoulder still hurts so much.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 317: Can you give me one more lesson before you leave?

2023-11-14

Qin Yiyan's doubts are not unreasonable.

It would be fine if it was someone else, but what she heard was that this guy Xu Shi was going to overcome all difficulties and mobilize a lot of manpower and resources to do something that seemed impossible to her.

Clear the "divine breath"?

How can it be? !

She was not an ignorant girl, and she naturally knew something about the "Rust Mist" - how dangerous it was!

Before she became the "Chosen One" in her childhood, she and other children in the monastery were strictly forbidden to get involved in related matters. Even after becoming the Knight Commander, she had seen too many cases of people losing their lives due to the "Breath of God".

Developing "divine breath" is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. This is a recognized fact by everyone. Even researching it is done with great caution, let alone other things.

This is a slide that cannot be touched.

The point is, what is the significance of removing "rust fog"? How long has "rust fog" existed so far? Not only have people long adapted to it, but many technologies and things in life are also closely linked to "rust fog".

If one day, "rust fog" suddenly disappears from people's lives, will the consequences be necessarily good?

I’m afraid that many conventional things will be destroyed, wouldn’t that be a step in the opposite direction?

That's why she felt that this was a thankless task, and she also felt that this was not something that someone like Xu Shi could do - if he really had such ability, becoming an oligarch would be a more likely scenario, wouldn't it?

"What's there to be reluctant about?"

Xu Shi's answer was light-hearted, and he didn't take her question to heart at all.

"You should know that your Saint Lady and the people behind her are doing the same thing. Why can they do it but I can't?"

To be honest, Xu Shi was a very clear person. The saint was the saint, and the good daughter Xu Ying was Xu Ying. Although they were still the same in appearance, their cores were no longer the same.

But he also knew that Qin Yiyan had always been loyal to the "supervisor" of "heavenly justice", Miss Saint, and now he still hoped that she would return to normal one day.

But he didn't want to argue with the other party about such things, and it didn't stop him from doing his own thing.

Clearing away the "rust fog" is certainly a long and arduous task, but the fact is that if you want to overturn "heavenly justice", you must take action against the "rust fog".

Or just leave it alone, close the door and do your own thing. When the concentration of the "rust fog" becomes completely uncontrollable, "natural law" may collapse on its own.

But this would not do Xu Shi himself any good, as a lose-lose situation has never been his primary option.

And if he really has to wait like this, who knows when it will be, and it is hard to say whether he can live to see that day.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with what the silly red-haired girl said. Clearing the "rust fog" is also a long road. Just because we have made a start today does not mean that the sky will be blue and the grass will be green tomorrow. It may take more than ten years or even decades.

The only difference may be that one is active and the other is passive.

To be honest, Boss Xu considers himself a relatively passive person. Didn't you see that the girls all came to him on their own? He just chose to accept them out of helplessness.

But if it is "God's will", he would rather take the initiative. He has been controlled by them for long enough, and it is time to turn the tables and take control.

As for the consequences of the disappearance of the "Rust Mist"... he didn't really care.

Firstly, this process will not happen overnight, and the advantages he has now will not change for a long time.

Secondly, he was only targeting the "rust fog" atmosphere above the dome. The seawater eroded by the "rust fog" and those mutated "rust fog" ores were not within his consideration for the time being - if he really included these in the plan, it would not be a matter of ten or dozens of years, that would be like Yugong moving mountains.

and.

"I don't know if Miss Qin has ever thought about a question."

He asked with interest, "Do you think the existence of "Rust Mist" is a normal thing from the source?"

The answer is obviously no.

He had read the historical records of the Hualan Empire and the City of Night Sin. Although the two were not exactly the same, they still had some similarities.

For example, "rust fog" does not exist naturally.

The planetarium where the "Quill Pen" is preserved is a good proof of this, and historical materials from various places also provide evidence in this regard.

It’s just that the “rust fog” existed for quite a while, so people gradually forgot about it, and many people don’t even know this secret at all.

Xu Shi didn't have the mind to worry about the source of the "rust fog" for the time being, but for this acquired, poisonous existence, even though he couldn't do without it all the way, he had to admit that the appearance of the "rust fog" was most likely a mistake.

Mistakes that can bring benefits are still mistakes in essence.

"So, I'm willing to be the one to correct the mistakes. Does that sound great?"

He said shamelessly, "Why don't you say thank you to Director Xu?"

"..."

Qin Yiyan was not very eloquent to begin with, and he had no idea how to refute his barrage of questions.

I always feel that he is not that noble, but what he said seems to make sense?

And what Xu Shi said was very true, it was not that she was unaware of the "Heaven's Law" - now she had already known about their affairs, and she also knew that what Xu Shi was doing was also what "Heaven's Law" was doing, just in a different way.

If this is the case, Xu Shi’s actions are indeed beyond reproach.

"In the final analysis, it's because you have a prejudice against me that you think everything I do is wrong."

Xu Shi smiled and said, "If it was your Saint Lady who did it, would you say anything?"

I guess not. Even if she has doubts, she will just keep them in her heart and will still follow the other party's orders.